“Do you have any special feelings for your mother, by any chance?”
“W-Well, no.”
“Then what’s the problem? She’s just someone trying to court the future princess, you, who happens to be the Crown Prince’s wife.”
Nathaniel’s rational words made me snap out of it.
I almost failed to distinguish between what’s precious and what’s not.
I hardened my resolve and lifted my head.
“You’re right. That person is not someone I should worry about.”
Nathaniel smiled as if he was pleased.
“You think too much sometimes.”
“Nathaniel, you’re too straightforward. That’s why I think we get along well, don’t you?”
At my words, Nathaniel’s eyes widened.
Then, he burst into laughter.
Nathaniel laughing out loud like this was truly a first.
“Yeah, that’s right. I think so too.”
I took Nathaniel’s hand.
We had to eliminate the cause before the fireflies multiplied further.
We went outside.
In front of the iron gate, Cecilia still stood with her elegant and rigid demeanor.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and with a face that seemed like she could collapse any moment, she shouted.
“Why are you treating me so cruelly! Even if I’m not from the Winters family, I am…”
“Enough.”
I raised my hand to stop her from uttering more nonsense.
“It’s true that you’re my biological mother, but expecting such treatment from me seems like a matter of conscience.”
At my words, her face, which had quickly feigned sympathy, revealed her true feelings.
That’s when it happened.
“Lady, please stop. You know it will cause trouble for Mistress.”
I turned my head to look at the woman.
A woman with thick black hair and vivid green eyes exuded a peculiar atmosphere.
‘Where have I seen her before?’
With such a glamorous face, there was no way I could forget her name.
“That woman is strange.”
Nathaniel whispered in my ear, bowing his body. We needed to handle this quickly with people’s attention.
“Still, I have prepared a place for you with goodwill, but…”
“That place is too cramped for Lady Demeter to stay, Mistress.”
I lost words to say about Cecilia’s personality, excluding the fact that the place I provided is a well-known resort in the area.
“Alright, you can’t set foot in the Winters Duke’s villa, but I can arrange for you to use the Imperial villa instead.”
Cecilia’s eyes sparkled at my words.
Probably, she thought the Imperial villa would be even better than here since I mentioned it.
‘If that’s the case, why would I be here instead of going there?’
Although I called it a villa, it was more like an ordinary townhouse. Moreover, the management was lacking, so it would probably be even harder to stay there.
“Provide a carriage and take the two of them there.”
“Yes, Mistress.”
The two of them happily disappeared to ride the carriage.
Nathaniel quietly called Martin and whispered.
“Make sure they don’t come out of the Imperial villa.”
“Yes? Is that okay?”
“It’s my order.”
“Understood.”
Martin flashed a smile that looked untrustworthy and quickly vanished.
Finally, things seemed to be sorted out around us, and I felt relieved.
Nathaniel and I strolled through the festival street, exploring small shops together.
“Hiera is quite different in terms of the capital and atmosphere.”
Nathaniel surveyed the surroundings as if fascinated.
The evergreen trees along the street were decorated with lights and ribbons of various colors.
Houses made of red bricks with blue roofs created a vivid contrast, stimulating the visual senses.
“It’s similar but feels a bit different.”
It felt like a New Year’s festival, similar to Christmas.
“There are many fascinating things.”
Nathaniel said this while looking at the snacks.
“What’s that?”
“Oh, I haven’t seen that before.”
It seemed to be a bread unfamiliar to me, probably a local specialty.
Seeing Nathaniel’s lingering gaze, it seemed quite appealing to him.
“Want to go in?”
“Yeah.”
Nathaniel opened the door first and entered the shop.
The cheerful owner greeted us with a big smile.
“Welcome!”
Even with the owner’s greeting, Nathaniel’s gaze didn’t easily leave the display shelves.
Instead, I smiled and asked.
“It’s my first time visiting Hiera, what kind of bread is this?”
“Oh, this is a traditional Hiera local food. It has plum mousse inside and is topped with vanilla sauce.”
Oh…
Even just hearing the description made my mouth water.
“Let’s get two.”
“Yes, please wait a moment.”
The owner, still smiling, placed the warm bread taken from the steamer on a small wooden plate.
Then, they added vanilla sauce and jam on top and handed us small wooden forks.
“Two for 20 pennies. If you return the plate and forks, I’ll refund 4 pennies. And this is on the house.”
As they said that, they poured a red liquid into a paper cup.
“It’s a drink called Glühwein, very good in this cold weather. It’s a gift since you two seem like newlyweds.”
With a wink, the handed cup was still warm.
“Thank you!”
I received the cup and playfully nudged Nathaniel’s side with my elbow.
“I’ll enjoy it.”
Although it was a gruff tone, fortunately, the sincerity seemed to come through as the shop owner also smiled widely.
“Have a pleasant time in Hiera.”
After bidding farewell, we headed to a table in the square.
Already, couples and families were seated at the tables, sharing food and enjoying themselves.
“How about sitting here?”
“Huh? Yeah.”
Even after sitting down, Nathaniel looked around with curiosity.
“Why is that?”
“Everyone looks happy.”
“Well, we came out to have fun, so of course, it’s enjoyable. Isn’t it, Nathaniel?”
Nathaniel looked around, lost in thought for a moment.
After observing for a while, he slowly spoke.
“I feel like I’m having a good time too.”
“What do you mean by ‘too’?”
As I cut the bread with a fork, the plum mousse inside spilled out.
I dipped the still moist bread into the vanilla sauce and fed it to him.
“It’s delicious.”
His eyes softened as he smiled, and I laughed as I looked at him.
Nathaniel blushed, seeming a bit embarrassed.
Then, as if realizing something, he looked around once again.
As if capturing the faces of happy people in his eyes.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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